People and society (Unit 10) Flashcards
relationship (n)
the way two or more people or groups behave towards each other:
What was your relationship with your mother like?
connection (n)
a relationship between things or people:
Some journalists are saying that there´s a connection between the criminal and the bank manager.
They´ve connected over reading.
blame (n)
responsibility for an accident, problem or bad situation:
Why do I always get the blame for everything?
fault (n)
the fact of beeing responsible for a bad or unpleasant situation:
It´s my fault - I forgot to give him the message.
old (adj)
something that ist old has existed or been used for a long time:
I´m meeting an old friend for lunch.
ancient (adj)
relating to a period of history a very long time ago:
The ancient Egyptians built pyramids for the dead bodies of the kings.
crowd (n)
a large number of people in the same place:
The boys disappeared into the crowd.
audience (n)
the people who watch or listen to a performance:
His jokes offended many people in the audience.
enjoy (v)
to get pleasure from something:
Did you enjoy your meal?
please (v)
to make someone feel happy and satisfied:
He´ll do anything to please her.
jmdm. zufriedenstellen/gefallen/eine Freude machen
support (v)
to provide someone with the money, food, shelter (Obdach, Hütte) ore other things that they need in order to live:
How can we support our families on such low wages?
assist (v)
to help someone or something:
Her job is to assist the head chef.
kind (adj)
behaving in a way that shows you care about other people and want to help them:
Thank you, Mark, you´ve been very kind.
polite (adj)
behaving towards other people in a pleasant way that follows all the usual rules of society:
It´s not polite to talk with your mouth full of food.
sympathetic (adj)
willing to understand someone´s problems and help them:
You´re not beeing very sympathetic.
likeable (adj)
pleasant, friendly, and easy to like:
I´ve always found Bill to be a very likeable person.
nervous (adj)
feeling excited and worried, or slightly afraid:
Driving on mountain roads always makes me nervous.
bad-tempered (adj)
made annoyed or angry very easily:
I don´t like our new history teacher - she´s so bad-tempered!
sensitive (adj)
likely to become upset very easily:
Paul was always a very sensitive little boy.
empfindlich/sensibel
sensible (adj)
reasonable and practical:
This seems to be a sensible way of dealing with the problem.
vernünftig/sinnvoll
company (n)
the activity of being with other people:
I thought you might want some company tonight.
group (n)
several people or things that are together or that are related to each other in some way:
Why don´t you join the local drama group?
popular (adj)
liked by many people:
Jenny is one of the most popular girls in the school.
famous (adj)
if someone or something is famous, a lot of people know their name or have heard of them:
He dreamt of becoming a famous footballer.
typical (adj)
behaving in a way that is usual for a particular person:
She respondend with typical enthusiasm.
usual (adj)
typical of what happens in most situations, or of what people do in most situations:
She gave us her usual polite smile.
ordinary (adj)
normal or average, and not unusual or special:
It was just an ordinary Saturday morning.
gewöhnlich/alltäglich
close (adj)
related to you directly, for example by being your parent, child, brother or sister:
All my close relatives live in Oxford.
near (adj)
close to someone or something:
A group of students were sanding near the entrance.
unknown (adj)
if something is unknown, people do not know about it or do not know what it is:
For some unkown reason, the plane landed at the wrong airport.
infamous (adj)
well known for something bad:
Al Capone was an infamous gangster.
berühmt-berüchtigt/infam
